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Draft:122 Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment

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History

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122 Surveillance and Target Acquisition.[1] Regiment was raised at Haig Lines, Devlali[2] on 01 Sep 1979 as 122 Division Locating Battery. The professional acumen of the team was rewarded in May 1998 when the Sound Ranging Troop was converted to UAV[3] troop. The troop moved to Devlali in December 1998 to include ‘SEARCHER[4]Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in its inventory. The unit underwent a complete inventory overhaul and received Ground EO/IR Sensors in May 2005. Aerial Surveillance inventory of the Regiment was upgraded to SEARCHER MK-II[5] Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in October 2005. The Battery was subsequently converted to Surveillance And Target Acquisition Regiment (SATA) on 01 January 2006. In October 2014, 122 Surveillance And Target Acquisition Regiment moved to Jodhpur[6] and were equipped with first Indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle[7] (UAV), NISHANT[8]. In Oct 2020, as a part of Operation Rinpoche the unit’s sensors were actively deployed on High Altitude Areas posts along Line of Actual Control[9] (LAC). In 2022, during Operation Snow Leopard[10] this unit carried out Operational Deployment of EO/IR Sensor[11] detachments in inhospitable High Altitude Area (HAA) terrain of Eastern Ladakh[12]

Operations Participated

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Serial Number Operations Duration
1 Op Mankal/ Boban Jun 2012
2 Op Jahama Sep 2012
3 Op Hapatsari Sep 2012
4 Op Bichwal Oct 2012
5 Op Rukmani Nov 2012
6 Op Eagle Aug 2013
7 Op Shalabatho Oct 2013
8 Op Rangdohri Baihk Apr 2020
9 Op Agni Prahar Apr 2020
10 Op Rhino Sep 2018 to Oct 2021
11 Op Rinpoche Jun 2020 to Oct 2021
12 Op Snowleopard

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Aug 2021 to till date

Gallantry Awards/ Citations

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  1. Lieutenant Colonel Zakir Hussain, COAS Commendation Card[14] (2010).
  2. Subedar (OpR) Ajit Singh, Mentioned in Despatches[15] (2014).
  3. Havildar (DMT) Sunil Kumar Sharma, VCOAS Commendation Card (2017).
  4. Unit Appreciation, GOC-in-C Southern Command Unit Appreciation (2023[16]).

Achievements in Sports

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  1. Naib Subedar (OpR) Thiyam Dayanand Singh[17], 1st Position in 11th World Body Building and Physique Champions, conducted at South Korea from 05 November 2019 to 11 November 2019.
  2. Agniveer (OpR) Susheel Singh, 3rd position in Inter Command Athletic Championship 2024 - 2025 conducted at Artillery Centre Hyderabad[18][19] from 29 April 2024 to 04 May 2024.

Referances

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  5. ^ "אתר צה"ל - צבא ההגנה לישראל : 40 שנה להקמת טייסת המל"טים הראשונה בחיל האוויר". web.archive.org. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  6. ^ "Jodhpur", Wikipedia, 2024-11-15, retrieved 2024-11-22
  7. ^ "Unmanned aerial vehicle", Wikipedia, 2024-11-18, retrieved 2024-11-23
  8. ^ "DRDO Nishant", Wikipedia, 2024-11-01, retrieved 2024-11-22
  9. ^ "Line of Control", Wikipedia, 2024-11-14, retrieved 2024-11-22
  10. ^ "2020–2021 China–India skirmishes", Wikipedia, 2024-11-20, retrieved 2024-11-22
  11. ^ "Electro-optical sensor", Wikipedia, 2024-11-21, retrieved 2024-11-23
  12. ^ "Ladakh", Wikipedia, 2024-11-18, retrieved 2024-11-23
  13. ^ "2020–2021 China–India skirmishes", Wikipedia, 2024-11-20, retrieved 2024-11-23
  14. ^ "Commendation Card (Indian Army)", Wikipedia, 2024-08-19, retrieved 2024-11-23
  15. ^ "Mentioned in dispatches", Wikipedia, 2024-11-15, retrieved 2024-11-23
  16. ^ "Southern Command holds Investiture Ceremony; gallantry awards presented". The Indian Express. 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  17. ^ NEWS, NE NOW (2019-11-23). "Manipur: Army man Thiyam wins gold at world bodybuilding c'ship". NorthEast Now. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  18. ^ "830 new recruits pass out from Artillery Centre". The Times of India. 2021-03-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  19. ^ "First batch of Agniveers start training at Golconda Artillery in Hyderabad". The Times of India. 2023-01-10. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-23.